Mitt Romney is a liar – figuratively speaking

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Fridays tend to be quiet days at Casa Keys. Since my sister has Fridays off, my niece and nephew don’t come over, and all my still-at-home siblings are taking to break from school as an opportunity to nap all day. Although I haven’t seen a lot of attention to this in blogland, reporters recently dug [...]

Back online

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Since I was last in town, my brother-in-law has upped the security on my parent’s wireless network, meaning the only access I’ve had to the internet has been when I can elbow my way onto the famly machine during the day. I finally got the passwords and clearance I need to set up my laptop, [...]

The story so far…

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Scene 1 Our hero prepares for his voyage to the city near the pestilent lake. A television set, barely watched during packing, issues dire warnings. Anchor: Travellers Beware!!! Weather problems!! Lines of doom!!! New restrictions at security checkpoint!!! Me: Oh, okay. {sets alarm clock an hour earlier than planned} End scene 1. Scene 2 Our [...]

My room is fucking clean

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

I cleaned and rearranged my room today. My head is no longer right under the window so I can stop worrying about dying from falling glass in “the big one.” I also have space for the useless crap holiday presents I assume I’ll be bringing back from my trip home tomorrow. Unless I get clothes. [...]

Merry Fucking Non-Denominational Greeting

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Dear bloggers of the world, In the last 5 days, I’ve now read approximately 8 posts along the same theme… “I’m going to say ‘Merry Christmas’ instead of ‘Happy Holidays’ no matter how un-PC it is!” Got it. But don’t kid yourself, you’re not being a rebel. You’re not making some dangerous break from acceptable [...]

Vacation time, office holiday party, Golden Compass

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Yesterday was a crazy day. Our office holiday party was in the afternoon, so I started drink about1:30 in the afternoon (like most of my coworkers) and kept going until about 7pm. Then I met up with Jacob and Jennifer for dinner and a late night showing of The Golden Compass. My (almost) two week vacation [...]

Mamma Mia, Meryl!

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Being the theatregeek that I am, I tend to enjoy all musicals. Or almost all of them. In fact, the list of musicals I don’t like and wouldn’t go to see even when I was offered free tickets is a pretty damn short list. But there are a few. Starlight Express 1776 (I know people [...]

Team Puntabulous

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

I know that my loyal reader (note the lack of the plural) expects a certain professional impartiality from me when reporting on matters of true importance. I take that trust very seriously. Therefore, it is only with extreme caution, deliberation and consideration that I will allow myself to endorse an individual candidate at this critical voting [...]

Step right up! See the amazing pregnant woman who doesn’t tip over!

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Actual headline seen on my Yahoo home page: Scientists Discover Why Pregnant Women Don’t Fall Over  [link - the actual page has a different headline] And from the article: If the body architecture failed to take counter measures, pregnant women would be tipping over left and right or walking around with even worse pain than [...]

Shopapalooza

Monday, December 10th, 2007

I cannot tell a lie, this last weekend was pretty uneventful. Friday night was a work fundraiser followed by an early bedtime. Saturday was shopping day. For Giftmas this year, I’m responsible for the sister who lives in Nowhereville, Iowa, and she told me that her local fashion choices involve Wal*Mart, K-Mart and other -Mart [...]